Out into that terrible daylight
I was trying to recreate
my memories in my mouth.
I’ve been waiting for years
my body breathing
glass, teeth clenched like
a magpie
tumbling
home.
–
This is a found poem. Source material: McGuire, Seanan. Night and Silence. New York, NY: DAW, 2018. 37-45. Print.
E. Kristin Anderson is a poet, Starbucks connoisseur, and glitter enthusiast living in Austin, Texas. She is the author of nine chapbooks, including Fire in the Sky; Pray, Pray, Pray: Poems I wrote to Prince in the middle of the night; 17 seventeen XVII; and Behind, All You’ve Got (forthcoming). Kristin is an assistant poetry editor at The Boiler and an editorial assistant at Sugared Water. Once upon a time she worked nights at The New Yorker.